[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [諸經要集](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123) › 14.21 # 諸經要集 14.21 諸經要集 14.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.21) 第五盜遺物者。如正法念經云。若見道邊遺落之物。若金若銀及餘財寶。取已唱令。此是誰物。若有人言。此是我物。當問其相。實者當還。若無人認。七日持行日日唱之。若無主認。以此寶物。付王大臣州郡令長。若王大臣州郡令長。見福德人不取此物。後當護持佛法眾僧。是名不盜。又僧祇律云。若見遺衣物者。當唱令人認之。無主認者。懸著高顯處令人見。若言是我物。應問言。汝物何處失。答相應者與。若無識者應停。至三月已。若塔園中得者。即作塔用。僧園中得者四方僧用。若貴價物者。謂金銀瓔珞。不得露現唱令。得寶人應審諦數看有何相貌。然後舉之。來認時相應者與。對眾多人與問。不得屏處還。教受三歸。語言。佛不制戒者。汝眼看不得。若無人來認者。停至三年如前處。當界用之。若治塔得寶藏者。即作塔用。僧地亦然。故成實論云。伏藏取用無罪。佛在世時。給孤長者。是聖人亦取此物。故知無罪。又自然得物不名劫盜。又僧祇律云。入聚落中。有遺落物。不得取。與比丘者即是施主。聚落中風吹衣。不得作糞掃想取。若曠路無人處得取。又五分律云。若舉衣經十二年不還者。集僧評價。作四方僧用。若彼後還。以僧物償。不受者善正報頌曰。 > Fifth, concerning stealing lost property: As the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra says: If one sees lost property by the roadside—whether gold, silver, or other treasures—having picked it up, one should call out: ‘Whose property is this?’ If someone says, ‘This is my property,’ one should inquire about its characteristics. If true, one should return it. If no one claims it, one should carry it around for seven days, calling out each day. If no owner claims it, one should deliver this treasure to the king, the ministers, or the prefectural and district magistrates. If the king, ministers, or prefectural and district magistrates, seeing a person of merit, do not take this property, it should later be used to maintain and support the Buddha-Dharma and the Saṃgha. This is called non-stealing. Furthermore, the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya says: If one sees lost clothing or articles, one should call out for people to claim them. If no owner claims them, one should hang them in a high, conspicuous place for people to see. If someone says, ‘It is my property,’ one should question him: ‘Where did you lose your property?’ If his answer corresponds, give it to him. If no one recognizes it, one should keep it. After three months, if it was found within a stūpa precinct, it is assigned for the stūpa’s use; if found within the monastery precinct, it is for the use of the Saṃgha of the four directions. If it is of high value—meaning gold, silver, or necklaces of gems—one must not expose it openly and call out. The person who found the treasure should carefully inspect it several times to see what marks it bears, and only then put it away. When someone comes to claim it, if it corresponds, give it to him. Inquire and return it in the presence of many people; one must not return it in a secluded place. Instruct him to receive the three refuges, and say to him: ‘Had the Buddha not instituted the precepts, your eyes would never have seen it again.’ If no one comes to claim it, keep it for three years; as in the previous cases, it should be used within the boundary. If in repairing a stūpa one finds a buried treasure, it is used for the stūpa; the same applies to the Saṃgha’s land. Therefore the Tattvasiddhi-śāstra says: ‘To take and use a hidden cache is without fault. When the Buddha was in the world, the elder Anāthapiṇḍada was a noble person, yet he also took such property. Thus we know it is without fault.’ Moreover, naturally obtaining property is not called robbery. Furthermore, the Mahāsāṃghika-vinaya says: Entering a village, if there is lost property, one must not take it; the one who gives it to the bhikṣu is the donor. Clothing blown by the wind in a village must not be taken with the thought that it is refuse-rags. If it is in an open road where no one is present, one may take it. Furthermore, the Mahīśāsaka-vinaya says: If one has kept clothing for twelve years without its being redeemed, assemble the Saṃgha to appraise its value and assign it for the use of the Saṃgha of the four directions. If that person later returns, compensate him with Saṃgha property. For those who do not accept \[unlawfully\], good \[results come\]. The verse on direct retribution says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.20) - [Next: 14.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.22) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123~en-mt.14.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.74.22) — 道世, Classical Chinese - [正法念處經](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.mahayanasutra.narrative.saddharmasmrtyupasthana*zh-gautama-prajnaruci.35.20) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2123.14.21) · Pramāṇa